Pink Floyd - Great Gig In The Sky Reaction

[@torstenlaumen5766]

Richard Wright requested this song for his funeral during his lifetime. He asked Durga Mc Broom, a backing singer from the Pink Floyd World Tour, to sing the song at his funeral. There is still an unconfirmed rumor that Durga was accompanied on the piano by none other than John Lord from Deep Purple.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Wonderful reaction. Listened to the song without interruption, increasing the emotional wallop to maximum. That’s good work. It gets better every time you listen to it. You’ll be playing the song when you’re 70, weeping mixed tears of sorrow for the subject matter, death, and joy, for the creation of something so achingly, starkly beautiful. Humans, we’re capable of such deep depravity, and such gloriously wonderful achievement. This song is a tonal monument, set to stand as long as the species does, itself.

[@Markinfilm]

Speechless.

[@spectreace1964]

no words needed. just pure emotion. When she left the room after recording this, no one said a word to her,,,,,I mean,,,,what could they say?

[@ricknbacker5626]

25 year old Clare Torry empties her emotional tank on this legendary vocal performance. Created and recorded in one 3 hour session. Clare received 30 pounds for her singing on this song. Double the scale as it was recorded on a Sunday. Man we had good music to listen to back in the day. And now my dear, so have you. You are absolutely precious. Fantastic reaction Gracie. I loved it. All the best, RNB

[@ricknbacker5626]

@slarti bartfast Jealous, no. (I got to know Pete Best!!) You should be proud of your neighbor. She has left her mark. Delivering one of music's finest wordless melodies of all time. Her voice will last for eternity. That is quite an accomplishment. RNB

[@brewswillis9783]

She sued for writing credit and in 2004 they settled out of court. From then on she's listed as co-writer and received royalties one would expect.

[@ricknbacker5626]

That would be one heck of a back dated royalty check!! I hope she did Brew. Cheers, RNB

[@dimestorephilosopher3308]

I love that you were waiting for her at the end.

[@MrGadfly772]

The opening tells us the lie we tell ourselves about death, that it's no big deal that we all have to go sometime, and then you get that wonderful vocal performance by Clare Torry where she expresses the truth about dying and how all these painful feelings come up and the struggle and then final exhaustion. It's very profound. Thank you for just taking it all in and feeling the music. Too many reactors want to look clever and say something which doesn't really fit what's being done with this music. With Pink Floyd, and any song from this era, you need to hear it just the way you listened to it. The studio version, and just letting it wash over you. For an added sense of what the music was made to do you should try and listen to it with headphones sometime.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

It's all here: suffering, pain, release, acceptance, joy ....

[@glennbrock6560]

great Reaction, Floyd for the soul...you get it kid!

[@GracieReacts]

🥺🥺

[@heathcliff8624]

It took 3 singers to cover this live during a concert. They still couldn't do it justice.

[@Jsquared0202]

Your hair looks awesome! Very vibrant! Excellent reaction

[@johnnyjohnny6174]

lol the lyrics on this vid

[@GracieReacts]

I'm surprised too

[@yurikhunt529]

You got this, no worries!! Good for you!!

[@catherineglasgow2571]

I am a guy but it takes a woman to do this-.stunning is the word .God bless U Tube for hosting this sentimental idea and allowing us to comment without criticism.

[@Sonofspam64]

The vocalist on this song was a department store singer in the U.K. - She was brought into the studio for an afternoon to record this, then went back to her regular job.

[@brucerichard342]

Just a slight clarification. Clare H. Torry was a professional session vocalist before and after this song. Before she created the vocalizations for this song one of the many gigs she had was to do the vocals on some “Top of the Pops” records. These were records filled with covers of then popular songs sold at department stores all over Great Britain for 39 pence.

[@liefde1911]

Yes, Gracie, WOW........

[@CastleCritters]

That's the thing about great ART , words will never do it JUSTICE , but you carry it with as a TRESURE to SHARE ,

[@marksavage1108]

Thank you for not interrupting the track, many doing reaction videos think their opinion is more important than this unique track.

[@toddshaw843]

Pink Floyd keyboard player Rick Wright wrote this song, which is about life, gradually descending into death. Hence the angrier and more intense first half with a dying person refusing to "go gently into that good night." The second half is gentler, as the dying person gives into the inevitable and fades away.

[@elysiumfire4230]

Good observance and interpretation. Ever wonder why nature decrees we grow old and wither? It is so the soul is aided in shuffling off the mortal coil that no longer can serve a purpose.

[@thomaspaton6360]

Todd, what an awsome explanation. Thx.

[@steveharveysmustache3988]

Idk but it kills me that they have a lyric video 😂

[@aaroncole3941]

I know.... I'm mean. The spoken part in the beginning, but come on....Is it for karaoke purposes or somethin?

[@sean---the-other-one]

And they missed the middle spoken part

[@annamae6021]

LMAO 🤣 yes thank you for pointing that out 😂

[@dangusrangus]

Would loveeee to see more pink floyd. Try Welcome to The Machine, Breathe, money, As a fan I would love it

[@lastrada52]

Roger Waters & the rest of Pink Floyd in an interview said they didn't know exactly what they wanted vocally from Clare Torry on this track. They asked her to improvise. This is what she gave them & we're still talking about it today.

[@edge211224]

Thank you for ur reaction. I hope u understood the meaning behind this song. BTW you are a beautiful girl with a beautiful soul 💕

[@GracieReacts]

🙈 thanks

[@apsert]

Music that releases the soul!

[@completecharleston7142]

Thx Gracie! The song with the most emotional outpouring of singing (by the best band ever), brings tears to the eyes every time I hear. The back story is very interesting of how the album was created, and how the singer (Clare Torry) was hired to come in to the studio and 'ad lib' (and because the DSOTM album was so successful - on the Billboard charts a record 741 weeks in a row - 1973 to 1988!), she later sued the band to get co-songwriting credit, and I'm assuming a pretty hefty $$$ amount. Listen (or react) to the entire album from front to finish - it is absolutely phenomenal.

[@TacomaPaul]

Song is about the 5 Stages of Grief. Denial, Bargaining, Depression, Anger and Acceptance. I think we've all been through that.

[@imnotagoldenoldie39]

Thank you.

[@sebastiansolimando1464]

Para la nas linda ❤ Saludos desde Uruguay ✌👌👍

[@Xabia18]

,,,when your soul literally leaves your body,,,

[@jackrobinson6277]

I got the 666th like 👍. Awesum reaction to a truly amazing song.

[@redchili6927]

The 5 Stages of Grief (Or death in this song's case): 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance This song encapsulates all of that.

[@nelsonv2001]

Loved your reaction to this. I've been listening to this since it first came out and i can tell you, it never loses it's impact. I do suggest listening to the whole album in one sitting because this is only one part of a whole piece that will take you on a journey. But I will say, Great Gig in the Sky is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Thank you for sharing your response with us.

[@nelsonv2001]

From the Same album is 'Us and Them" .. It brings on the tears when I listen to it. Like I said, sometime when you get about an hour, listen to the whole album. It truly is a masterpiece!

[@capetowntrikeman]

I cannot believe that someone actually had the time to make a video with the "lyrics"...really??

[@michiganjfrog366]

I think they put one too many h's on that aahhhhhh it should've been aahhhhh

[@gsparkman]

LMFAO... was about to type the same comment. Lyrics? Really?

[@VIDSTORAGE]

I knew all of the words already

[@heathcliff8624]

It's a good thing they mentioned when the piano was playing....

[@chialeux514]

@@gsparkman There were about 3 thousand of us who were about to do the same thing

[@hongfang2508]

I loved your reaction to the song. Your reaction fit the emotion. On another note, the vocal gymnastics of Clare Torry, who recorded this in 1 take, is impressive. When Pink Floyd took this song on the road, they broke up the vocals in 2, giving each of 2 women half the vocals. Clare did not travel with the group, so 2 different women handled the vocals in live performances (which can be found on youtube).

[@onechopbuddy3849]

You’ve been pink floyded

[@SpaceVulcan]

5:35 not one word spoken in the song and yet your hands tremble, your heart's been wrenched out of your chest and is frantically beating in front of you, your lungs are collapsed and your eyes water. That's Pink Floyd for ya!

[@youdontsay2181]

The identifiable wailing of the human exspiriance , existence......

[@philshorten3221]

Exactly!!!

[@claudepage6214]

When we think that originally, The Great Gig in the Sky was an innocuous track that was supposed to fill the void ending the side A. Rick Wright had composed The Great Gig in the Sky a long instrumental on the piano then called The Mortality Sequence or The Religion Song which did not yet include the lyric song of Clare Torry but a reading of the Bible, then it was communications from astronauts NASA on a mission.

[@rangerbean7557]

black white brown cyan purple. these are human emotions we all feel everybody has the point when they are afraid of death and thats why this song is so powerfull because it is raw human emotion.

[@richardnoble4328]

for not saying a thing while she sings she sure says alot!!!

[@roush1799]

Stages of dealing with death=anger,denial,accepptance,saddness

[@johnjacob5839]

Wow is right.

[@GracieReacts]

💯💯💯

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

If you're listening to this you're already dying - lyrics missed in that video

[@Js-fr1ov]

Even rhough I hate that they actually tried spelling out those "lyrics" in the video, your hair matches with it nicely!

[@genov9374]

They missed an "ahhhhahh" in the first stanza 😂

[@rggarson3044]

That’s funny. Clare Torry should sue!!

[@fredkrissman6527]

On the album, this song is the second half of the previous song, Time, which you have also reacted too... But they are connected, which is why folks should listen to Floyd albums, not discrete songs IMO.

[@leonardbellinger5223]

Pink Floyd 1987 Great Gig In The Sky Most don't hear the lyrics at the very beginning: (And I am not frightened of dying Any time will do I don't mind why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime) Then Pink Floyd hired Clare Torry (In my opinion the best vocalist ever available on studio cut) to do the vocals but there were restrictions she was to use no words but convey the cut. This was Clare Torry's response which she stated she apologized for after doing but Pink Floyd loved it and used it in the production. There have been many very good vocalists doing this but Clare Torry did it the very best.

[@mikecunningham6879]

10 years from now,,,you'll listen to this song,,,your reaction will be same

[@nelsonv2001]

Have you checked out 'The Rain Song' by Led Zeppelin? Another beautiful song that stirs the soul but in a different way. Again, Thank you for sharing your reaction. Music touches us intimately in a way that is pure and personal and when we share that with others, it is joyful.

[@GracieReacts]

Oh I have not 🤔

[@nelsonv2001]

@@GracieReacts I hope you put it on your list. It is really a touching song that is so soft and gentle yet crescendos to such dynamic heights. I look forward to this if you do. Thank you for responding. That means a lot.

[@GracieReacts]

@@nelsonv2001 I just put it on my to-do list 😁

[@nelsonv2001]

@@GracieReacts ♥️

[@chrislc35]

lyric video? :) didnt know this song had one. amazing tho.

[@zomhby]

Eargasm

[@lewismaddox4132]

It cut me off for some reason, maybe the strapped part. To conclude; "listen to this until they stop crying".

[@brianwalley2131]

what dimwit thought Great Gig in the Sky needed written lyrics? Not just a pointless exercise, but it distracted from the beautiful emotions of the song

[@chrisfurlough466]

The lyrics missed one. ~4:23 "I never said I was frightened of dying".

[@johnwinton2209]

You have fallen into the Pink Floyd Rabbit hole. Congratulations.

[@lewismaddox4132]

When people start spewing hate and anger, when they spread fear and violence, they should be strapped into a chair, forced to look at pictures of people they hate progressing backwards to them as babies, while simultaneously being forced to

[@clintoo167]

GREAT REACTION!!! What a horrible lyric video, most of it was incorrect but what really bothers me about it is around 4:24 in your video there is the line "I never said I was frightened of dying" that they overlooked.

[@GracieReacts]

Oh 🤔 Wow

[@72Mir]

Sorry don't like to be the one but......... the lyrics was wrong. At 4:07 it said ohhhh oh oh should been aaoohh aaoohh aaooow . Dont want you to get it wrong ;)

[@GracieReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@65alef]

😎🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GracieReacts]

@slarti bartfast OMG 🤯 🤣🤣

[@72Mir]

@slarti bartfast Don`t worry. As you see, nothing or no one is perfect in this world. Well Pink floyd "was"😉 Have a great day 😃😋

[@gettelitstalit6468]

Interview with the singer. She didn't even know what to do and pulled off this masterpiece! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIi9ZayjhNuZoq8

[@lancevaughn432]

Clare Torry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lilmmissmuffet]

Smoke a joint, lie down in a dim lit room, close your eyes, listen to the whole album on a great stereo system, THEN you'll really hear this track.

[@kennypangman4636]

Someone put on LYRICS on this? WTF?

[@GracieReacts]

😂 so funny

[@sebastianorlandozepedagall1435]

Lyrics are hard to follow

[@EessaTube]

Please react to Dream Theater's 'John and Theresa solo spot' from the 'Live Scenes from New York' concert - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHi3gIqsfK-mkJY

[@somerville_official8120]

Thanks for uploading! If you have a second, we recorded an Eddie Van Halen tribute video. As fellow music lovers, we'd love if you would take a listen. It's on our channel. Don't be too tough on us :)

[@psbarrow]

Clare on how she got this "gig": kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3q6aKuQiNGNpa8

[@TheBaardis]

Heres Clare Torry's story about the recording. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3q6aKuQiNGNpa8

[@WilfChadwick]

You look uncomfortable in the beginning